A revolution in oncology could help the 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. and bolster Guardant Health, Natera and Exact Sciences.

New York University researchers say a simple, gene-based blood test has shown to be highly accurate in predicting whether ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is offering free testing to help people check lead levels in their blood.

Blood tests can help a doctor diagnose a variety of health conditions, including infections, anemia, high cholesterol, vitamin deficiencies, organ failure, HIV, cancer, and diabetes. Doctors use ...

Alzheimer’s blood tests may one day allow patients and their doctors to track their individual progress in reducing risk, ...

Blood biomarkers like tau217, NfL, and GFAP may predict dementia up to 10 years early, but aren't yet reliable for widespread screening, a Karolinska Institutet study finds. A new study published in ...

The American Cancer Society recommends people at average risk of colorectal cancer start screening at age 45, now several blood tests could help.

On average when positive, Signatera tests have a 98%-99% rate of accurately predicting the presence of cancer depending on the cancer, and the false-positive rate is less than 2% to 1% depending on ...

The GPs told the BBC that the blood-test issues were leading to unnecessary hospital referrals and wasted patient appointments. In one case the BBC was told about, an elderly man who was caring ...

Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study ...

A simple blood test that measures the protein troponin can predict heart attacks and strokes. Experts say it could help ...